# The Mood You're in - The Songs You Play **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 24, 2001, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mood-youre-in-the-songs-you-play/59274 "2001-03-24T04:33:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Gazoo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ce73a5/32.png) [@Gazoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gazoo)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2001, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mood-youre-in-the-songs-you-play/59274/1 "2001-03-24T04:33:15Z")
**Happy** -_Life’s Been Good_ - Joe Walsh -_Thunder Road_ - Bruce -_Diamonds on the Souls of Her Shoes_ - Paul Simon -_Only the Good Die Young_ - Billy Joel -_Boat Drinks_ - Jimmy Buffet -_Two Pina Coladas_ - Garth Brooks -_Werewolf of London_ - Warren Zevon Many more, depending on the juke box I’m pluggin’ **Sad** -_The Wall_ - Pink Floyd -_And So it Goes_ - Billy Joel -_One Step Up_ - Bruce -_Untited_[-Domestic Problems](http://www.domesticproblems.com/dphear.htm) -_The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald_ - Gordon Lightfoot **Romantic** -_Crush_ - Dave Matthews Band (sorry, but IMHO, there is no more romantic song than this.) **Get Pumped up to go out** -_Violent Femmes_ - (First Album) -_Deeper Shade of Soul_ - Urban Dance Squad -Boomtown Rats ---
**Author:** ![TruePisces](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/truepisces/32/13628_2.png) [@TruePisces](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruePisces)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2001, 12:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mood-youre-in-the-songs-you-play/59274/2 "2001-03-24T12:37:13Z")
Ok, I just woke up, so I probably won’t name all the ones that I listen to (or even most) but here’s a few. I may be back later with more. **Happy** - _I’m Alright_, Jo Dee Messina **Sad** - Operation:MindCrime, Queensryche (the whole album) - _When I Run_, Suzy Bogguss These are the only ones I can think of at the moment. I’ll be back with more later. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Totoro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/65b543/32.png) [@Totoro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Totoro)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2001, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mood-youre-in-the-songs-you-play/59274/3 "2001-03-24T13:36:14Z")
There’s A lot of happys, so I’ll limit it. **Happy** Hum - Stars U2 - Elevation Pavement - All Albums, Angel Carver Blues / Mellow Jazz Docent Radiohead - Just Madonna - Ray Of Light **Sad/Angry** Tool - All Albums System Of A Down - Self-Titled Album MxPx - Punk Rock Show Nirvana - I Hate Myself And Want To Die **Romantic (Happy Or Sad)** Pete Droge - If You Don’t Love Me (I’ll Kill Myself) Toadies - I’m Not In Love, Tyler Nofx - Whatever Didi Wants Dead Eye Dick - New Age Girl [sub]I limited myself a lot…[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![ChiefScott](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/58f4c7/32.png) [@ChiefScott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChiefScott)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2001, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mood-youre-in-the-songs-you-play/59274/4 "2001-03-24T13:51:02Z")
**Happy** Iko Iko - Dead **Sad** Box of Rain - Dead **Romantic** Dark Star - Dead Sugar Magnolia - Dead **Get Pumped up to go out** U.S. Blues - Dead (Yes. I’m fixated) ---
**Author:** ![Silver\_Fire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e4f/32.png) [@Silver\_Fire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silver_Fire)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2001, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mood-youre-in-the-songs-you-play/59274/5 "2001-03-24T17:27:06Z")
I play lots of sevendust when I’m pissed off. Any and all emotions that I feel will eventually be converted to “pissed off”, so I suppose that’s the answer for all of them. And Staind/Fred Durst “Outside”, but that’s only because the song makes me want to commit quick and painless suicide. (No, I’m not actually going to, it just makes me feel that way.) ---
**Author:** ![SoMoMom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/41988e/32.png) [@SoMoMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SoMoMom)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2001, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mood-youre-in-the-songs-you-play/59274/6 "2001-03-24T17:49:15Z")
**Happy** U2 - Elevation and Beautiful Day **Romantic** U2 - In A Little While The Foo Fighters - Everlong Sting - Be Still My Beating Heart **Sad** Sting - Angel Eyes and When We Dance Cheap Trick - Shelter and Say Goodbye ( **Nostalgic** U2 - Wild Honey (makes me think of an old friend when I hear it)) ---
**Author:** ![Falcon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/49beb7/32.png) [@Falcon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Falcon)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2001, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mood-youre-in-the-songs-you-play/59274/7 "2001-03-24T18:45:38Z")
Songs are in quotes, albums are in italics. **Happy** _Bargainville_ - Moxy Fruvous “Eddie’s Concubine” - Eddie From Ohio “Overwhelming” - Everclear “Two Step” - Dave Matthews “Getting in Touch with my Inner Bitch” - Christine Lavin “Grey Street” - Dave Matthews **Sad** _Disintegration_ - Cure _Little Earthquakes_ - Tori Amos “#41” - Dave Matthews “Grace is Gone” - Dave Matthews “Don’t Let Go” - En Vogue My entire Stabbing Westward collection ---
**Author:** ![ElwoodCuse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/edb3f5/32.png) [@ElwoodCuse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElwoodCuse)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2001, 7:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mood-youre-in-the-songs-you-play/59274/8 "2001-03-25T07:15:47Z")
Once I had such a bad day, and it was topped off by finding out my bank screwed up my checking account so I was overdrawn. I took an extra cd jewel case I had lying around, tossed it into the middle of my room, put on “Break Stuff” and smashed the crap out of it with a hockey stick. It felt _great_. ---
**Author:** ![dodge\_this](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e5b9ba/32.png) [@dodge\_this](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dodge_this)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2001, 9:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mood-youre-in-the-songs-you-play/59274/9 "2001-03-25T09:02:45Z")
I’ve probably mentioned these elsewhere in other threads: Up - Love In An Elevator - Aerosmith Respect - Aretha Franklin Get Off My Cloud - Rolling Stones Raspberry Swirl - Tori Amos Music Is My Radar - Blur Train In Vain - The Clash Better Than the Real Thing - U2 Down - Sky Is A Landfill/Last Goodbye - Jeff Buckley So Cruel - U2 Creep - Radiohead Bittersweet Symphony - The Verve Wild Ones - Suede Little Earthquakes - Tori Amos Anything by The Smiths ---
**Author:** ![Divine\_Videographer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ba9def/32.png) [@Divine\_Videographer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Divine_Videographer)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2001, 10:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-mood-youre-in-the-songs-you-play/59274/10 "2001-03-25T10:35:30Z")
Happy: The Answer - Mathew Sweet Hang on St. Christopher & Chocolate Jesus -Tom Waits Sad: Tonight I Will Retire -Damien Jurado Lullabye -Ben Folds Five